The Greater St. Petersburg Area Awesome Original Second Time Arounders Marching Band is heading for the legendary Thanksgiving Macys Parade in New York City next week. Here is a short preview of the band’s dress rehearsal and a few of the band members’ comments.
Left: Eric Holder was born to Barbadian parents in the US.
(Photo from Wikipedia Commons)
The list of famous Bajans grows!
Source: Telegraph UK
Barack Obama picks Eric Holder as first black attorney general
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“Obama offered Holder the job and he accepted,” Newsweek magazine said on its website, adding that “the announcement is not likely until after Obama announces his choices to lead the Treasury and State departments”. (Read the full post about ‘Barack Obama Picks a Bajan for Post of Attorney General’…)
SEMINOLE — A deputy shot at a burglary suspect late Sunday night, but the bullet did not hit him, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office says two deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle call in the Harbor Lights Mobile Home Park late Sunday night. They found the vehicle parked in a carport and saw someone moving in the dark mobile home at 4701 Harbor Lights Drive N in Seminole. They concluded that a burglary was in progress.
When a man emerged from the mobile home, Deputy Barnett Bernoff identified himself and held the suspect at gunpoint. The man turned around, and Bernoff thought he saw the barrel of a gun pointed at him.
(Read the full post about ‘Pinellas deputy shoots at burglary suspect’…)
TAMPA — Tampa police this morning found the vehicle belonging to missing woman Jennifer Denise Johnson. The black Infiniti was parked in the parking lot of Oak Park at 5215 E 15th Ave., said police spokeswoman Laura McElroy. Crime scene technicians were processing the vehicle for clues this morning. Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend Vincent Brown Jr. (pictured), 38, turned himself in at the Orient Road Jail late Sunday on a violation of probation charge, after seeing news coverage about Johnson’s case. Brown had been considered a "person of interest" in Johnson’s disappearance ever since the estranged couple were seen arguing Friday night, Tampa police said. So far, he has been uncooperative, McElroy said. (Read the full post about ‘Tampa police locate missing woman’s vehicle’…)
PALM HARBOR — Two students fainted and another felt ill in a chemistry class at Palm Harbor University High School, but sheriff’s deputies say it doesn’t appear to be related to chemicals used in the class.
About 7:45 a.m., two male students fainted, and a female student said she felt sick. The school resource officer cleared the lab and called Palm Harbor Fire Rescue. Paramedics attended to the students and checked the air quality, which was normal.
(Read the full post about ‘3 fall ill in Palm Harbor high school chemistry class’…)
A broken water line has closed off part of MacDill Avenue this morning.
Drivers should steer clear of MacDill Avenue between Wallace and Tyson avenues until this afternoon, when Tampa Water Department workers are expected to have fixed the rupture.
Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer
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ST. PETERSBURG — A man shot by police Sunday night died this morning, authorities said.
Roberto Garcia Lara, 42, of 6528 12th St. N, was shot by a police officer who responded to a report of a domestic dispute. He died at Bayfront Medical Center sometime after midnight.
The officer was identified as Karl Lounge, 41, who has been with the Police Department since 1990. He was placed on administrative leave with pay, standard procedure for an officer involved in a shooting.
The incident started when police received a call from an alarm company about 9 p.m. in reference to a woman screaming.
Police said the woman may have pushed a panic button on the alarm system at the home at 6528 12th St.
Great American Smokeout
– from the pages of Parade magazine and Parade Classroom.
On Thursday, November 20, thousands of smokers across the country will take part in the American Cancer Society’s annual Great American Smokeout, by attempting to go the entire day without lighting a cigarette. Each year, smoking is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 45 million adults smoke—about 21 percent of the U.S. population.
Do any of your friends or family members smoke? Do you think these people are addicted to smoking? Have they ever tried to quit? Have you ever tried to help someone quit smoking?
Two St. Philip men have been arrested and charged with the murder of Anna Druzhinina which occurred at Palmers Plantation House in St. John, Barbados.
The two men are Teerath Persaud, 41, of Blades Hill, and Christopher Omar McCollin, 26, of Vineyard. The two men were also charged with arson. Their hearing was supposed to be today in Distict C Magistrates Court.
There is a big difference between assisting police and being charged. Now that suspects have been charged, we are one step closer to closure.
On the same page in the Advocate is a touching report on the Vigil for Anna.
There is also a report on the coroner’s inquest of I’Akobi Maloney.
Nov. (Read the full post about ‘Barbados: Two Men Charged in Murder of 16 Year Old Girl’…)
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Yesterday, tears flowed freely as doves were released into the air to commemorate the life of the bubbly 16-year-old who died at her home last Saturday night at Palmer’s Plantation House, Mount Pleasant, St John.”
I was not there, but it seems like it was a beautiful ceremony and well attended.